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N. Korea executes 23 defense workers in brutal crackdown
Daily NK
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June 30, 2025
North Korea’s state security department has taken an ultra-hardline stance against “counterrevolutionary acts” at munitions factories in Jagang province earlier this year. Families of security officers at munitions factories circulated a report...
North Korea, Russia Forge Stronger Cultural Collaboration
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN) North Korea and Russia have agreed to bolster their collaboration in the cultural and artistic realms, according to state media reports on Monday. The accord was reached during a meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian...
Jasper Sleet: North Korean remote IT workers’ evolving tactics to infiltrate organizations
Microsoft
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June 30, 2025
Since 2024, Microsoft Threat Intelligence has observed remote information technology (IT) workers deployed by North Korea leveraging AI to improve the scale and sophistication of their operations, steal data, and generate revenue for the...
N. Korean Leader Meets Russian Minister of Culture and Enjoys Art Performances
Sada Elbalad
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June 30, 2025
The peoples of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation are significantly commemorating as a common auspicious event the historic DPRK-Russia Pyongyang summit, which put the traditional relations of the two countries on...
North Korea's Kim Jong-un meets Russian culture minister
Korea JoungAng Daily
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June 30, 2025
Published: 30 Jun. 2025, 10:13 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, right, shakes hands with Russia's Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova in Pyongyang on June 29. [YONHAP] North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has met with Russia's Culture Minister Olga...
FBI warns business owners of North Korean remote workers scam
Georgia Public Broadcasting
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The FBI announced Monday that four North Korean citizens have been indicted on wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy charges after allegedly scamming an Atlanta business. Marlon Williams, the founder of blockchain company Starter Labs says...
N. Korea's Kim meets Russian culture minister
The Korea Times
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June 29, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has met with Russia's Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova in Pyongyang and discussed ways to further deepen cooperation in culture and the arts, the North's state media reported Monday. The meeting took place Sunday at...
Sports equipment rental shops boom in N. Korea
Daily NK
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July 1, 2025
North Koreans, particularly teenagers, are showing growing enthusiasm for sports as rental shops offering athletic equipment pop up near parks and other public areas across the country. A Daily NK source in North Pyongan province reported recently...
How does sending more troops to Russia benefit North Korea?
Deutsche Welle
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July 1, 2025
A delegation of senior North Korean military personnel left for Moscow on Monday, with analysts suggesting that Pyongyang is preparing to dispatch more troops in the coming weeks to help Russia in its war against Ukraine. After visiting North...
North Korea makes waves with new beach resort at ex-missile testing site
KARRYON
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June 30, 2025
The Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone was slated for a 2019 debut but took longer to arrive than a tray of inflight meals to row 42. From 1 July, it’s finally opening to domestic tourists. International guests? I might not pack my bags just yet....
DOJ Charge Fake North Korean Devs 'Embedding' In Crypto Startups
Decrypt
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July 1, 2025
In brief Four North Korean agents allegedly used stolen identities to land remote IT jobs at a U.S. crypto startup. The group stole roughly $900,000 in two transactions and laundered crypto through sanctioned channels. Their operations are...
Kim Jong Un publicly honors North Korean soldiers killed in Russia-Ukraine war
The Kyiv Independent
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July 1, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has publicly honored his country's soldiers killed while fighting in Russia's war against Ukraine, in a rare acknowledgment by Pyongyang of its battlefield losses, the Guardian reported on July 1. South Korea...
Kim Jong Un Honors North Korean Soldiers Killed Fighting for Russia
The Moscow Times
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July 1, 2025
North Korean state media on Tuesday released images of leader Kim Jong Un mourning over flag-draped coffins of North Korean soldiers killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, as South Korea’s Defense Ministry said it has yet to...
Kim pays rare public tribute to North Korean soldiers killed in Russia-Ukraine war
Iran Front Page
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July 1, 2025
Photographs of the North Korean leader pausing in front of a line of half a dozen coffins draped in the country’s flag were displayed on a screen at a gala performance held to mark the first anniversary of a military treaty between the North and...
Delegation from North Korea's top officer training school visits Russia for second time within a year
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 1, 2025
Published: 01 Jul. 2025, 13:48 Updated: 01 Jul. 2025, 13:52 A delegation from Kim Il Sung Military University led by Kim Kum-chol visits Russia on July 8, 2024. [KCNA] A delegation from Kim Il Sung Military University, North Korea’s top training...
Kim Jong Un shown mourning North Korean soldiers he sent to die in Putin’s war in Ukraine
The Independent
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July 1, 2025
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Kim Jong-un pays rare public tribute to North Korean soldiers killed in Ukraine
The Guardian
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July 1, 2025
Kim Jong-un has paid tribute to North Korean soldiers killed during Russia’s war with Ukraine, resting his hands on their repatriated coffins in a rare public acknowledgment that his armed forces have suffered fatalities in the conflict....
N. Korea Launches Sprawling Kalma Beach Resort
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN) North Korea has launched a sprawling beach resort along the eastern coastline in Kalma, with leader Kim Jong Un praising the development as one of this year’s "greatest" achievements, according to state media reports on Thursday. On...
Delegation of North Korean military academy departs to visit Russia — KCNA
TASS
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July 1, 2025
SEOUL, July 1. /TASS/. A delegation from a major North Korean military school has departed for Russia, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. The delegation led by the school’s chief, Kim Kum Chol, is planning to visit the...
Six Americans arrested for sending Bibles to North Korea
Metro World News
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July 1, 2025
Six American citizens were arrested yesterday, Friday, in South Korea when they were trying to launch into the sea over a thousand plastic bottles containing rice, one-dollar bills, and Bibles, in an apparent attempt to reach North Korea. The...